I will be teaching Basic Knitting for beginners or rusty knitters who have not picked up their needles for a long time. It will be a two-day workshop (two Saturdays, October 18 and 25 at 2PM-5PM). In the workshop, participants will get to know knitting equipment, learn the two popular knitting methods, basic knitting stitches, how to read and understand patterns and more! Participants will finish a Stitch Ball project that will reflect the knitting stitches that they acquired during the two-day workshop.

My boyfriend and I are in our early thirties. So it is inevitable that most of his friends and my friends are tying the knot and then creating their own families.

So one of his friends, had a little cute, calm baby girl! She was indeed a treasure! A blessing from above! I was lucky to carry her. My oh, my; this little baby amazed me! She seemed not tired from the christening. She was happy, smiles alot and never cried, even though she was being passed around by her adult guests!

The christening was also the "reunion" of my boyfriend's college friends with their respective partners and family.

As for our present to the little one (my boyfriend was one of the Godfathers of Baby Zoey *(n.n)*). I decided to knit her a pair of booties and a headband. I hope it fits her!

I will be part of an important union of two couples that are very close to me and my boyfriend. This coming December ten days apart, Alex and I will dress up for the upcoming December weddings. *(n.n)*

I came across Ricefield Collective website. According to the site, it's a collaboration between knitting teachers and designers based in the U.S. and Europe, with indigenous people from the Ifugao region of the Philippines. The goal of the collective is to use handknitting as a way of maintaining the sustainability of life in Ifugao by training its villagers to make high-quality knitted items and other handicrafts.

I believe this is a great collaboration to help the indigenous people from Ifugao region in the Philippines. They have interesting colors and designs that will surely keep you warm this coming autumn and winter for those who live in four seasoned countries. While here in the Philippines one can buy it in time to use this coming December until February which are considered cool months in the Philippines.

Among their Presale collection. I like the following:

Spiral Slouchy / Red$48.00 USDClassic yet chic with its innovative, swirling lines, this slouchy is a true overachiever.Model: Anna • Fit: One Size - Slouchy • 100% American Wool • Made in Uhaj, Ifugao, Philippines.This is a presale item and will ship by September 30, 2013.

Terrace Cowl | River $68.00 USDInspired by a local basketweave pattern, this versatile cowl can be worn folded or unfolded depending on the weather.Model: Meredith• Fit: One Size - Relaxed • 100% American Wool • Made in Uhaj, Ifugao, Philippines.This is a pre-sale item that will be shipped by September 28, 2013.

Cable Set / Peacoat $112.00 USDLike our women to their land, this pom hat and plush cowl simply belong together, united by rising cables that make them warm, elegant, and comforting.Model: Letty • Fit: One Size - Relaxed • 100% American Wool • Made in Uhaj, Ifugao, Philippines.This is a presale item and will ship by September 30, 2013.

For those who wants to see the detail (the knit stitches up close) of the Ricefield Collective Knitted products, check their site.

I encourage my fellow Filipinos to support our kababayan from Ifugao. Specially those who live in four seasoned countries. Every time one buys a product from Ricefield Collective, we help them by sustaining life in rice terraces - one of Philippines' legacy!

Rice Terraces! How majestic! *(n.n)*

Also, check out West Knits website to get to know more about Ricefield Collective and Stephen West's adventure with the people from Ifugao.

*all photos are taken from Ricefield Collective and Knit West websites. Thank you!

I am pleased to share that I am part of KNITTING group here in the Philippines! Since we had our meet-up last April we managed to schedule meet-ups upon meet-ups... So last August it was suggested that we start a group on Ravelry to attract more knitters to our knitting group.

Wina one of my fellow knitters came up with this group description.

"This group was created by a small group of knitters from Quezon City who try to meet up regularly to talk about knitting and such. The objective of the group is to create a virtual platform where they can share about their WIPs, their inspirations, their favorite materials, etc, in between actual meet-ups. They would also like to attract like-minded knitters who would like to join them in these little meet-ups and virtual discussions.Feel free to join!"

So calling all knitters, join and explore the wonders of knitting with the dynamic group called Knit Up Philippines on Ravelry!

Me, Wina and Bum - founding members of Knit Up Philippines! Photo taken from Wina's blog. =)

It's been awhile since I last wrote a blog. Due to a series of unfortunate events, (my old MacBook no longer working and photos of past knitted projects late 2012 to early 2013 were corrupted from the camera) I was not able to submit any posts. Now, armed with a new laptop and slowly running out of excuses... It's high time I should be writing again.

From my previous blog, I have shared with you a little history on how I started to make knitting a hobby. I was always fascinated by dolls when I was young, that's probably the reason why I decided to knit dolls over wearables or bags. In addition, I have a lot of nieces and nephews and giving them hand knitted dolls I made seems like a great idea. The decision was made, I started searching the internet for patterns of cute dolls I could make. I searched... searched... and searched some more but only few caught my eye (and were free) to knit. Until I came across Jean Greenhowe's patterns. There's only one problem. Actually, two problems..... 1. The patterns are not free 2. I can't find anyone selling it here in the Philippines. Thanks to a generous soul in the US (my sweet sister), I was able to have some of Jean Greenhowe's booklets shipped to me. Since then I have knitted a lot of dolls from her patterns. I decided that I will feature the dolls I made from her pattern designs. Today, I will feature the first pattern I made from her booklet and will showcase more on future posts.

My sister established special relationship with some mothers' of her son's classmates. So several days ago I received a birthday invitation.

The party was held at Fun Farm, Sta. Elena, Cabuyao, Laguna. When we arrived there some of the kids were busy fishing. They were all sitting down patiently waiting to catch a fish. After a few minutes two young boys (ages 3 and 5 and they're siblings) were the ones' who caught a fish. After fishing some kids crossed the rope tied to parallel trees, underneath it is a small lake. There were animals to see and interact with; horses, carabaos, birds, ducks, rabbits, pigs and more. Some also enjoyed rowing a small boat. After exploring nature at its best, there was storytelling. The party was a packed with fun and adventure for kids, knowing that children now a days rarely experience and/or appreciate interacting with nature.

The mother of the celebrant is into natural and healthy. So for snack the caterer hired cooks healthy food, some were even vegetarian snacks.

For the giveaway, the kids were asked to hunt for wooden swords, once one finds a sword, they will smoothen it using sandpaper. Then they were given a cape. The story behind the cape amazed me, pure silk, dyed with fruits (darn i forgot what fruits were used) and hand sewn. Imagine the dedication to make those capes.

Of course for every birthday, invited guests prepare gifts. For Sydney I knitted her a pink ballerina. Unfortunately I did not finish it in time for her big day but she will receive it soon... really soon!

Hi there! Here are some of the Little Treasures I made. I am blessed with two great hands for knitting delightful toys. I would like to explore other crafts so join me in my journey in creating anything handmade.